Schansberg

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN -- Dr. Eric Schansberg, an economics professor and the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Congress in Indiana's 9th District, responded to the House defeat of the proposed $700 billion bail-out in the financial sector—and praised Rep. Baron Hill for voting against it.

Asked about Hill's vote, Dr. Schansberg said, "It's clear that Baron is not categorically opposed to another bail-out. And he's not a fiscal conservative by any objective measure. So, I don't know the reasons for his vote today. Maybe it's the right vote for the wrong reasons. In any case, I'm thankful that he took a stand today for fiscal conservatism. Hopefully, he'll continue to have a strong enough spine to hold that position."

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN -- Dr. Eric Schansberg, an economics professor and the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Congress in Indiana's 9th District, responded to President Bush's call for a $700 billion bail-out in the financial sector—and called on Rep. Baron Hill to resist the urge to vote in favor of it.

Asked about the bail-out, Dr. Schansberg said: "There are many reasons—large and small—to oppose the President's proposal. To start with, it's not constitutional. Beyond that, it's not ethical. Why should the government take money from taxpayers to subsidize bad decisions by lenders and borrowers? Finally, it's unlikely to be practical."

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN -- In the most recent Survey USA poll (commissioned by WHAS-TV in Louisville and WCPO-TV in Cincinnati), Democrat Baron Hill leads Republican Mike Sodrel by 50-39%. Dr. Eric Schansberg, the Libertarian candidate, polled at 5% (with another 5% undecided). Hill's lead grew by 4% and according to Survey USA, Schansberg edged up by 1%.

Schansberg said, "We're excited about improving in the polls—and in particular, about attracting so many independents [19%]. Nationwide, independents are 40% of the voting population. If we can get our message to that entire group, this race could get very interesting."

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN -- Dr. Eric Schansberg, the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Congress in Indiana's 9th District, will hold a town-hall meeting in Bloomington on Tuesday, September 9th, from 6:00-7:30 PM. (The meeting will be held in Room #1C of the Monroe County Library, located at 303 E. Kirkwood Ave. in downtown Bloomington.)

Earlier in the day, Dr. Schansberg will be at the 2008 IU Student Involvement Fair from 11:00-2:00 with IU Students for Liberty. After that, he will be a guest on "The Afternoon Edition" with Darryl Neher on WGCL (1370-AM) from 4:00-5:00.

At the town hall, Schansberg will deliver prepared remarks for 15-20 minutes—and then field questions from those in the audience.

In his prepared remarks, Dr. Schansberg will address:

• gas prices and energy policy—policies that will work (domestic drilling and a stronger dollar) and policies that will not work (regulations on speculators, subsidies to energy companies, etc.)

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN -- On Wednesday, Dr. Eric Schansberg, the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Congress in Indiana's 9th District, welcomed the formal invitation to participate in the October 21st debate at Vincennes University in Jasper. (It is not yet clear whether Mike Sodrel and especially Baron Hill will agree to participate.) Schansberg also took the occasion to encourage at least as many debates as there were in 2006.

Dr. Schansberg said, "It should be a no-brainer to have the debates we had in 2006—in Bloomington, New Albany, and Jasper. As the incumbent, Baron Hill has the most control in arranging the debates. Given Baron's repeated demands for debates throughout 2006, I would expect him to be aggressive in setting up debates this time as well. Unfortunately, so far, that has not been the case."

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN -- Dr. Eric Schansberg will hold a Town Hall meeting in Room 301 of the Seymour City Hall on Thursday, August 21st, from 6:00-7:00 PM. (City Hall is located at 309 N. Chestnut St. in downtown Seymour.)

Dr. Schansberg is an economics professor at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany and the Libertarian candidate for Congress in the 9th District.

Schansberg will deliver prepared remarks and then field questions from those in the audience.

In his prepared remarks, Dr. Schansberg will address:

• gas prices and energy policy—policies that will work (domestic drilling and a stronger dollar) and policies that will not work (regulations on speculators, subsidies to energy companies, etc.)
• the dramatic but overlooked impact of fiscal conservatism
• our on-going efforts in Iraq
• the oppressive burden of payroll/FICA taxes on income and the need for Social Security reform

JEFFERSONVILLE, IN -- his week, Mike Sodrel proposed a town-hall meeting in each of the 9thDistrict's 20 counties—as well as an independent commission to regulate advertising in the campaign. Rep. Baron Hill replied by refusing the commission and trying to diminish expectations about debates.

According to a story in the News-Tribune, Hill said that he had "good reason to be skeptical of entering into campaign pledges" with Sodrel: "As history evidenced, you did not honor your word and broke our campaign pledge the last time around." Hill said further that he wants Sodrel to apologize before he'll agree to talk about campaign issues with him.